2 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index 2729503507..8dfba10b5e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ real_do_rootfs () {
         mkdir -p ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/dev
 
         if [ -z "${DEPLOY_KEEP_PACKAGES}" ]; then
-                rm -f ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages
-                touch ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages
                 ipkg-make-index -r ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages -p ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages -l ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages.filelist -m ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}
         fi
         mkdir -p ${T}
diff --git a/meta/packages/meta/package-index.bb b/meta/packages/meta/package-index.bb
index f230af0e27..0f8c450e37 100644
--- a/meta/packages/meta/package-index.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/meta/package-index.bb
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ do_build[nostamp] = 1
 do_build[dirs] = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}"
 do_build() {
         set -ex
-        rm -f Packages
-        touch Packages
         ipkg-make-index -r Packages -p Packages -l Packages.filelist -m .
         set +ex
 }